Invalidity · first instance · 2018-07-17
000010611
Contested design: 001817149-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 001817149-0002 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
MAAN Sp. z o.o.
Poland (PL)
Podole 9, 05-600 Grójec, Poland
Represented by
Marta Malgorzata Miszczuk
Holder · RCD owner
‘Ciarko Spółka Z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością’ Spółka Komandytowavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Okulickiego 10, 38-500 Sanok, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
cooker hood design called OKC 951 S
Amica product catalogue 2009/2010 · Amica product catalogue
comment posted on 13/06/2009 showing cooker hood design called Amica OKC 951 S
http://forum.muratordom.pl · forum.muratordom.pl · disclosed 2009-06-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier cooker hood disclosures including OKC 951 S before the 7 February 2011 filing date.
- ›The holder argued some cited designs fell within the Article 7(2) grace period and that the earlier representations were incomplete and created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division found the catalogue and forum evidence sufficient to prove prior disclosure of OKC 951 S and rejected the holder's objections to the quality and completeness of the representations.
- ›Comparing the earlier design with the contested RCD, the Division found identical features differing only immaterially, so the RCD lacked novelty under Article 5.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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